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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: A Different Approach to Treating Psychiatric Disorders

Precision medicine tools bring results to patients.

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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Cognitive Interventions

Dr. George Rebok and his research team have developed cognitive or “brain training” interventions to improve function in areas such as memory, problem solving, and speed of processing, which decline with aging and are critical for everyday activities.

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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Electroconvulsive Therapy

Dr. Irving Michael Reti and his team treat patients with electroconvulsive therapy — also known as ECT — as well as transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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Gene Reveals Itself As Key Epigenetic Regulator in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

For 10 years, psychiatrist-researcher Atsushi Kamiya has investigated how genetic risk factors and environmental factors lead to impairment of brain function regulating cognitive and mood-related behaviors.

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First-of-Its Kind Psychedelic Research Center Debuts at Johns Hopkins

Matthew Johnson and Roland Griffiths are leading research on psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms.

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Genetic Syndrome of Intellectual Disability Fixed in Mice Using Precision Epigenome Editing

Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers reversed one gene mutation that leads to the genetic disorder WAGR syndrome.